2000.02_Neologisms (107.2000), Project Description

by: Natalie Jeremijenko

Collection: exhibitions; sfaaarchive; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Storefront for Art and Architecture, National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), and Mr. Robert M. Rubin

Contributor: Storefront for Art and Architecture

Language: English

Interactive, voice-activated installation, including Light Switch Device; Illumination Devicel; A Dog Transition Device; Pre-Trigger Safety Lock Device.

Notes

"TUESDAY FEBRUARY 29, 2000 – SATURDAY APRIL 8, 2000

By exemplifying ways in which users are influenced by the technologies they use, Jeremijenko’s interactive, voice-activated installation in the gallery space questioned the belief that progress is guided by rational improvements and the market’s optimization of instrumental technologies. The project was conceived and executed to create an environment in which it would become apparent that technological innovation is preceded by social innovation, thereby affirming that users are, by their actions, complicit in the creation of the social systems that underpin technological inventions."